Archive for August, 2008

Rising Seas: Challenges and Opportunities for the Lowcountry.

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, in partnership with the Coastal Conservation League, Carolina Climate Network, South Carolina Wildlife Federation and Architecture 2030, has produced a new Sea Level Rise Awareness video for Charleston called, “Rising Seas: Challenges and Opportunities for the Lowcountry.” The seven minute video give a brief glimpse at some of the [...]

Oak Terrace Preserve Resident in Charleston Magazine

Oak Terrace Preserve resident Ben Leigh is part of a feature article on the Sustainability Institute located just down the road from Oak Terrace. The article gives a short overview of the ways this North Charleston non-profit helps individuals and businesses make a difference for the environment and their pocketbooks through energy efficiency.  The Sustainability institute is [...]

Smart Growth America Offers Free Guidebook to Inform Citizens

Smart Growth America is a coalition of national, state and local organizations working to improve the ways we plan and build the towns, cities and metro areas we call home. The coalition includes many of the best-known national organizations advocating on behalf of historic preservation, the environment, farmland and open space preservation, neighborhood revitalization and more.  [...]

Have you Tried Disc Golf?

One of the nicer amenities about living in Oak Terrace Preserve is the close proximity to so many parks and recreational facilities.  In addition to the Danny Jones Recreation Center, the Felix C. Davis Community Center and Waterfront Park, Park Circle hosts its own Disc Golf Course.  Disc Golf is very popular around the country [...]

Oak Terrace Preseve Pocket Park Update

With 17 pocket parks planned for the neighborhood, Oak Terrace Preserve will have open space on most every block.  The innovative bioswales will help handle storm-water runoff and create beautiful sidewalk side gardens.  The first of these improvements will get started this September. The Pocket Parks are planned open space where you can toss a [...]

Charleston County Seeks Green Ribbon Committee Applicants

At a regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 19, Charleston County Council established the make-up of a Charleston County Green Ribbon Committee for the purpose of developing a comprehensive solid waste and environmental sustainability plan. Citizens who are qualified for the one of the 15 spots on the committee may submit applications through Monday, Sept. 15. [...]

Building Sustainable Communities Conference Visits Oak Terrace Preserve

This week the Southeast Watershed Forum is meeting in downtown Charleston holding a conference called Building Sustainable Communities.  A couple hundred participants have come together to talk about their successes and challenges to building sustainable futures for all of us.  Oak Terrace Preserve project manager, Elias Deeb gave a tour of the neighborhood to a smaller group [...]

Oak Terrace Preserve Landscaping at Attaway and Dolphin

On the North side of Oak Terrace Preserve, Attaway and Dolphin meet at a small pond adjacent to Filbin creek. This pond was constructed as part of the neighborhood’s innovative storm water treatment plan. Until recently though, this small pond looked like most other ponds you would find in any neighborhood in Charleston. Now, you’ll [...]

Neighborhood Block Party for Cameron Terrace/Oak Park

On Tuesday August 5th from 6-9pm, the Cameron Terrace/Oak Park Civic Club will be hosting a neighborhood block party in conjunction with the 25th annual National Night Out.  Bring the family and enjoy good food and beverages in the company of a few good neighborhood friends.  The festivities will be held in the pocket park [...]

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